Stan--humidity and comfort

[Guest guest]

Hi Stan,

You don't know me--I am sort of an occasional visitor to the group. I don't

have RA, but Dercum's Disease, fibromyalgia, fibromatosis, and

lipedema/lymphedema. The only time I have been tolerably comfortable and in

less pain was when we were visiting family in Las Vegas. I actually hiked

around a bit in the desert! We lived for a year in the north Atlanta area, and

it nearly killed both my husband and me (he has Parkinson's.) Cold, damp, or

warm, damp weather is the worst for both of us.

We recently moved back to northern Illinois, and while it is colder in winter,

the humidity is lower. We played golf yesterday (and that is a funny story for

another time) and both of us marinated in the pool for about an hour, took our

pain meds, and went to bed totally wiped last night. But this morning, we were

both up bright and early with no ill effects from yesterday's activities, save

sunburnt noses.

Judi

[Guest guest]

Just finished J. Fox's book, Always looking up, which involves a great

deal of his efforts about the foundation he created to find a cure for

Parkinson's, throughout the book I was thinking how great it would be if we had

such an advocate for Rheumatoid Arthritis. There's lot's of room to play gold in

Nevada...ah...bring a bottle of water.

Stan

Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 5:29:29 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific

Subject: [ ] Stan--humidity and comfort

Hi Stan,

You don't know me--I am sort of an occasional visitor to the group.  I don't

have RA, but Dercum's Disease, fibromyalgia, fibromatosis, and

lipedema/lymphedema.  The only time I have been tolerably comfortable and in

less pain was when we were visiting family in Las Vegas.  I actually hiked

around a bit in the desert!  We lived for a year in the north Atlanta area, and

it nearly killed both my husband and me (he has Parkinson's.)  Cold, damp, or

warm, damp weather is the worst for both of us.

We recently moved back to northern Illinois, and while it is colder in winter,

the humidity is lower.  We played golf yesterday (and that is a funny story for

another time) and both of us marinated in the pool for about an hour, took our

pain meds, and went to bed totally wiped last night.  But this morning, we were

both up bright and early with no ill effects from yesterday's activities, save

sunburnt noses.

Judi